[January 13, 2009] EDS leverages recent Saber Government Solutions acquisition to capture business in thriving state and local government verticals. New areas include voter registration and public retirement administration.Read More...

[May 15, 2008] HP says the EDS transaction is expected to close in the second half of this year and will more than double HP's services revenue. The time lag and the infighting will slow down HP's drive to expand its services arm; meanwhile, both U.S.-based and Indian IT outsourcing and services companies are expected to begin a wave of mergers and acquisitions to take on the new giant in the industry.Read More...

[May 13, 2008] Hewlett-Packard's $13.9 billion purchase of systems integrator EDS will more than double the size of HP's services business and could pose a potential challenge to the company's current channel-oriented sales model in the enterprise services space.
However, Mark Hurd, HP's CEO, said in a media briefing shortly after the deal was announced that HP remains strongly committed to its channel partners.
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